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Other prepared or preserved vegetables, not frozen

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 2005 99 00 (Other prepared or preserved vegetables, not frozen) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence requirements under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, including foreign-label compliance under the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020. Consignments must enter through designated food-import ports per General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022, administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).

What this is

HSN code

2005 99 00

Chapter

20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Specimen copy of label from FSSAI
Designated-port declaration to CBIC

Applicable Partner Government Agencies

FSSAIFSSAI·Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

Procedural directions for customs clearance are issued by: Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.

Compliance steps

1
Obtain a current FSSAI Import Licence and upload it in e-Sanchit under document code 911001 before filing the bill of entry. Also upload the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS); customs out-of-charge will not be granted until both documents are verified in e-Sanchit.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 under F.No.Import/TFM/Apex/2022-FSSAI
2
Route the consignment through a designated food-import entry point in compliance with General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Arrival at a non-designated port renders the consignment liable to detention and re-export.
General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022 · CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023
3
Ensure labels comply with the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020. Rectifiable labelling deficiencies — including per-serve RDA contribution and expiry-date fields — may be corrected at a customs bonded warehouse by affixing a single non-detachable sticker next to the principal display panel, verified by the FSSAI-authorised officer before visual inspection or re-inspection.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022 · FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022 · FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020

A word of counsel

The most frequent error on this residual tariff line is conflating the rectifiable-labelling dispensation with full label compliance: the sticker-correction procedure is available only for the specific fields listed in the CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs regime, and any deficiency outside those enumerated fields requires the consignment to be re-exported or destroyed. For products falling within the clove-stem scope under this CTI, interim testing applies against horizontal safety parameters and a volatile-oil content floor of 8.5 percent v/w per FSSR 2.9.6(1), not the standard finished-product specification.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 2005 99 00 require BIS certification?

No, prepared or preserved vegetables not frozen are not covered by any BIS Quality Control Order. Import is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with the FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) mandatory at the bill of entry.

Which documents must be uploaded in e-Sanchit for this tariff line?

The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) must both be uploaded in e-Sanchit before customs out-of-charge, per CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 and the FSSAI clarification order dated 18-11-2022.

Can labelling deficiencies be rectified at the port for this HSN?

Yes, but only for the enumerated fields under the CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dispensation — including per-serve RDA percentage and expiry-date information — by affixing a single non-detachable sticker at a customs bonded warehouse; deficiencies outside those listed fields do not qualify for port-level rectification.

Last verified against gazette notifications: 2026-05-16. Source: FSSAI / DGFT / CBIC / Indian Customs CUSDATA.